 A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every selfrespecting American demands from...  The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses - Page 2by Theodore Roosevelt - 2006 - 340 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1900 - 458 pages
...I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shafl be demanded of the American nation as a whole. Who...ease, that peace is to be the first consideration in your eyes—to be the ultimate goal after which they strive ? You men of Chicago have made this city... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall be demanded of the American nation as...ease, that peace is to be the first consideration in your eyes — to be the ultimate goal after which they strive? You men of Chicago have made this city... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a...would teach your boys that ease, that peace, is to be (3) the first consideration in their eyes — to be the ultimate goal after which they strive? You... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1902 - 714 pages
...individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, ^hd from his sons, shall be demanded of the American nation as...ease, that peace, is to be the first consideration in your eyes ; to be the ultimate goal after which they should strive ? You men of Chicago have made this... | |
 | 1904 - 854 pages
...individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American man demands from himself, and from his sons, shall be demanded of the American nation as...ease, that peace is to be the first consideration in your eyes — to be the ultimate goal after which they strive? * * * You work yourselves, and you bring... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath - 1913 - 386 pages
...an individual. I ask only that what every selfrespecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a...be the ultimate goal after which they strive? You work yourselves, and you bring up your sons to work. If you are rich and are worth your salt, you will... | |
 | Richard Ashley Rice - 1915 - 412 pages
...an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a...have made this city great, you men of Illinois have 1 A speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899. Reprinted from the volume entitled The... | |
 | Elva Sophronia Smith - 1919 - 326 pages
...an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a...be the ultimate goal after which they strive? You work yourselves, and you bring up your sons to work. If you are rich and are worth your salt, you will... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1920 - 424 pages
...individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall be demanded of the American nation as...ease, that peace is to be the first consideration in your eyes — to be the ulti20 mate goal after which they strive? You men of Chicago have made this... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1923 - 484 pages
...individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall be demanded of the American nation as...eyes, to be the ultimate goal after which they strive? . . . We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the... | |
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